AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoSTEM & Digital Skills: The ECCB is launching a free 2026 STEM Camp on July 6, running four weeks and targeting ages 14–18 across ECCU member territories including Anguilla, with hands-on AI skills using Python plus design thinking and collaboration—part of the ECCB’s digital transformation push. Global Health Updates: At the World Health Assembly, WHO recognized multiple disease-elimination milestones, including Anguilla for elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, HBV and syphilis, and continued negotiations on the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing system under the WHO Pandemic Agreement. Climate Resilience in the Eastern Caribbean: A new look at the Lesser Antilles highlights how extreme weather is rising, and how islands like Dominica and Montserrat are turning to geothermal and disaster-linked recovery planning to rethink energy, water, food, land and tourism. Caribbean Tourism Trends: A Caribbean Travel Trends Report with Amadeus says St. Maarten is the region’s fastest-rising couples destination, with duo-trips now making up 40.4% of Caribbean tourist arrivals. Regional Finance Watch: Scotiabank plans to buy the remaining stake in Scotia Group Jamaica and take it private, raising the bigger question of who controls Caribbean banking and how the region stays plugged into global finance.
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